I have noticed lately on my 2004 545 gap between front bumper and hood increased and on the left side hood was a little higher then on the right side (it was sticking up above the headlights and slightly above left fender. Is it something to be concerned about other then ruined beauty of the car? Would anybody recommend to take off bumper and see what's going on with the bumper brackets? Re-align hood?

Thanks

 

If your car was ever in a front end accident this might occur, do you know the history of the car ?

 

Car had a completely clean history and I am not aware of any accidents. Yeah, car has sh$t load of miles on it right now, but I don't think this anyhow related to what I see happening with the bumper. I think what I am going to do - since I was going to put M-tech bodykit on I am not going to do anything right now and wait until I take off front bumper and really see what's going on. I have a wish list and slowly moving forward - put SprintBooster yesterday and enjoying the ride.

 

I remember reading a DIY on reducing that gap a couple of months ago.

Just search the DIY section.

I think it has to do with removing the cushion,

some where near the top of your front grill.

Hope this helps.

-Quk

 

Are you sure the bonnet is shut properly? There are two catches, one on each side. You may only have one cliped in.

 

Just in case anybody is interested I have fixed hood alignment - what I did is just unscrewed one screw which was holding cover for left hood latch, then screwed latch couple turns more in and put cover back in - now everything looks perfect except bumper, which I tried to fix the gap by putting washers suggested in one of the DIY, but did not help much. Oh well, it will wait until I come around to put m-tech on.